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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 705 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PLAINFIELD , a See also:

city of See also:Union See also:county, New See also:Jersey, U.S.A., about 24 M. W. by S. of New See also:York City. Pop. (r9ro U.S. See also:census), 20,550. It is served by the Central Railroad of New Jersey and by electric lines connecting with neighbouring towns. It is situated for the most See also:part on a See also:plain; See also:north-See also:east are heights occupied by the suburb of Netherwood, and north in See also:Somerset county, on the slope of the first Watchung See also:Mountain, is the See also:borough of North Plainfield (pop. 1910 U.S. census, 6117), which forms with Plainfield virtually a single residential and business community. Plainfield is one of the most attractive residential suburbs of New York. The city has an excellent public school See also:system, a See also:good public library, with an See also:art See also:gallery and museum. The See also:Muhlenberg See also:hospital, See also:club houses and a See also:driving track are features'of the city. The value of the factory products increased from $2,437,434 in 1900 to $3,572,134 in 1905, or 46.6%. Plainfield was settled in 1684, but it was not until 1735 that the first See also:frame See also:house was erected.

In 176o a grist See also:

mill was erected, and for several years the See also:place was called Milltown. The township of Plainfield was created out of See also:Westfield township in 1847, and in 1867 Plainfield was chartered as a city.

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